Clip for fish lines



Aug. 21, 1934. w HUGHES CLIP FOR FISH LINES Filed July 22, 1935 I YINVENTOR 11 225474 J. flay/2w AT ORNEY Patented Aug. 21, I934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLIP FOR FISH LINES William I. Hughes, Gates, N. Y. Application July 22, 1933, Serial No. 681,810

1 Claim. (01. 43-28) The object of this invention is to provide a new the guide 2, and then drawing it down over the and improved device, or attachment, or clip for front of the plate into the recess 5, and then up joining a fishing line and hook together quickly, over the back of the plate and into the recess and which will avoid the necessity of tying the 4, and then down over the front of the plate and 5 line to the hook and will leave the line and hook into the guide 3. quickly detachable from each other. In the plate 1, near one end thereof are punched This and other objects of the invention will be two holes 6 and '7. In these holes is engaged the illustrated in the drawing, described in the speciupper end of the spring clip or snap hook 8, on fication and pointed out in the claim at the end which is carried the snell 9 of the fishhook 10, or

so thereof. the lead sinker 11, or both of these devices.

In the drawing: In Figure 3 I have shown two of these plates Figure 1 is a front elevation of the attachment arranged in tandem on the same line 12, a fishwith the line attached thereto, the snap hook hook being fastened to the upper plate and a fishand fishhook being omitted. hook and sinker being fastened to the lower Figure 2 is a section on the line 2w-2a: of Figplate. ure 1. I claim:

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the fish line with A clip for fastening a fishhook to a line, said two of the attachments fastened thereto. clip comprising a metal plate having a guide at Figure 4 is a front elevation of the attachment the top and a guide at the bottom extending along 21) independent of the line, the snap hook and fishthe axis of the clip and the axis of the line with hook being omitted. which the line engages and in which it is held by In the drawing like reference numerals indifrictional engagement, said plate having slots cut 'cate like parts. in the sides thereof extending diagonally toward In the drawing reference numeral 1 indicates a the central axis, one above the other, said clip 25 metal plate having the groove or guide 2 formed being adapted to receive the line in the grooved 8 at the top thereof, and a groove or guide 3 formed guide at its upper end and then in the upwardly at the bottom thereof. The sides of the plate extending slot, the line being passed diagonally are slit diagonally from the edge in to form the across the back of the plate and then into the wedge-shaped recesses 4 and 5 with which the downwardly extending slot, and then into the line can engage. One of these recesses is located groove guide a t e bo of the Clip, Said @1119 below the center of the plate and points upwardhaving an attachment thereon to which the hook ly, and the other recess is located above the can be fastened.

center of the plate and points downwardly. Th WILLIAM L HUGHES. 35 line is engaged with the plate by pressing it i t 

